Business travel poll 1997: Prestige counts for little
Business travel poll 1997: Winners in the travel game
Business travel poll 1997: The world's best airlines
| The world's best hotels | ||||
| 1997 | 1996 | Hotel | Country | Score |
| 1 | 1 | Mandarin Oriental | Hong Kong | 70 |
| 2 | 6 | Imperial | Tokyo | 49 |
| 3 | 3= | Grand | Stockholm | 47 |
| 4= | - | Arabella Grand | Frankfurt | 40 |
| 4= | 9= | Principe di Savoia | Milan | 40 |
| 4= | 15= | Shangri-La | Kuala Lumpur | 40 |
| 7 | 2 | Okura | Tokyo | 38 |
| 8= | - | Grand Hyatt | Jakarta | 36 |
| 8= | 9= | Le Royal | Luxembourg | 36 |
| 8= | - | Ritz | Madrid | 36 |
| 8= | 5 | Shangri-La | Singapore | 36 |
| 8= | 7 | Shangri-La Island | Hong Kong | 36 |
| 13 | 15= | Shangri-La | Manila | 35 |
| 14 | 3= | Oriental | Bangkok | 34 |
| 15 | - | Baur au Lac | Zurich | 31 |
| 16 | - | Grand Hyatt | Melbourne | 30 |
| Best hotels by region | |||
| Asia-Pacific | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| Bangkok | |||
| 1 | 1 | Oriental | 34 |
| 2 | 3 | Regent | 23 |
| 3= | 4 | Dusit Thani | 12 |
| 3= | 5 | Grand Hyatt | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Shangri-La | 11 |
| Beijing | |||
| 1 | 3 | Palace Hotel | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | China World | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | Shangri-La | 10 |
| 4 | 8 | Sheraton Great Wall | 9 |
| 5 | - | Jing Guang | 8 |
| Hong Kong | |||
| 1 | 1 | Mandarin Oriental | 70 |
| 2 | 2 | Shangri-La Island | 36... |